Tom, Sorry to hear about your loss. The 1998 S420 is still going strong at 281k - maybe I can talk oldest son to make you a deal on it?
I just did this with my former S500 coupe. Since I know W140s pretty well, I had a good idea of what the most desirable parts were, which helped. I used eBay and other sources such as Benzworld, to sell a lot of stuff. I went through and made a very expansive list in a PDF with part numbers and descriptions to post in the various forums. I sold about $2500 worth of parts from the car so far. Most went in the first few weeks. I really hurt myself with shipping costs on some of the larger interior parts unique to the coupe, like door cards, mainly because shipping and boxing was really expensive. Out of that, I probably spent $500-$700 in fees and shipping/handling costs. Considering the car cost me $3k three years ago, I figure I came out OK. I would also add that I got another $200 for the remains from a recycler, and I saved a number of parts common to my other W140s and R129 that I have on the shelf as spares. I will warn you that this takes a significant investment in time and effort, so if you put a value on your time it might not be worth it. Check prices carefully - I figured that the electronic modules in the "coffin" would be worth a lot, for example - they're not, maybe $25-$50/each and they don't sell well as they're a lot of them on the market. I don't know your car or model well, so I can't reflect on whether it would be worth it or not. Suffice to say if you have the time and want to make the effort it can be done, but the actual benefits of doing so might be marginal. I still have a large number of parts sitting in a box and on a shelf in my garage. As time goes on and it's clear they're unlikely to sell, I'm tossing them in the trash to regain the space. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 13, 2016, at 7:11 AM, Tom Savage via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote > So the E320 Bluetec is a probable total after some jerk ran a stop sign on > Saturday. I'm a little sore but okay. > > The adjuster had asked if I'd like to retain the car, and I'm thinking > about it since I'd like to replace it with the same model, and especially > since two weeks ago I spent over $1000 on tires, a steering angle sensor, > and maintenence. > > Questions for those who have done this sort of thing: I am thinking I could > strip most of the trim, black boxes, and accessories from the car over a > weekend and eBay it over the next few months for easy money - what am I > missing? Pull the engine complete, or pull injectors, turbo, intake, etc > and list piecemeal? Not sure I have room to pull an engine in the garage. > And finally, am I delusional or is this an economically viable weekend(s) > activity? I do have plenty of room in the basement to store everything. > > Thanks, > Tom > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
